Where does “nageltrång” come from?
nageltrång (Swedish) comes from Swedish trång, from Old Swedish þranger, from Old Norse þrǫngr, from Old Norse leikr, from Middle Low German lek, from Latin lāicus, from Ancient Greek λαϊκός, from Ancient Greek λᾱός — to bark, howl; to be concealed.
nageltrång (Swedish): an ingrown nail (as a painful condition)
Definitions
- an ingrown nail (as a painful condition)
Ancestry of “nageltrång”, step by step
nageltrång traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish trång
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | trång | tight; not having enough width; narrow; having... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | þranger | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | þrǫngr | narrow, close, tight; crowded |
| 4 | Old Norse | leikr | game; sport; contest |
| 5 | Middle Low German | lek | — |
| 6 | Latin | lāicus | lay (of the laity) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λαϊκός | of the people; popular |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λᾱός | people; men; the people |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | lāwós | people, crowd |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₂wos | people |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₂- | to bark, howl; to be concealed |